Feb 21 (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan has given Centerra Gold
three months to redraw terms before ripping up an
agreement to run its flagship mine in the Central Asian country,
accusing the Canadian miner of "colossal" environmental damage
and underpaying the state.

Centerra said it had received a new claim from the
government for $315 million for alleged environmental
destruction, almost tripling the damages claims that it faces.

Parliament ended two days of fierce debate by passing a
resolution on Thursday demanding the government revise a deal
struck in 2009, a year before then-president Kurmanbek Bakiyev
was driven from power by a popular revolt.

"If within three months our negotiations yield no results,
the government will unilaterally cancel the agreement," Economy
Minister Temir Sariyev said during the debate on Wednesday.
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